US and Chinese leaders have locked themselves into a downward spiral that goes far beyond tariffs, exports, and rare earths. This is about the future and who controls it.
If only US officials had hit upon the ingenious idea of meeting their Chinese counterparts in person before Liberation Day, much global economic turmoil could have been avoided
A senior trade advisor who can seem fixated on China, this 75-year-old former university lecturer and Democrat is one of only a few from Trump's first term to serve in his second
Beijing's arm-round-the-shoulder approach to the region's problems contrasts to Washington's traditional gun-in-the-back stance. Middle East leaders seem to like it. Will they reap the rewards?
If Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump wins a second term in November’s election, US policy would shift in several big areas, according to The Economist.His party's platform - a 16-page…
In mid-November, the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff released a 74-page report arguing that China aims to fundamentally revise the world order in the service of its authoritarian goals and…
For more than a decade, every debate about U.S. policy in Afghanistan has focused narrowly on the number of troops to send or withdraw. U.S. policymakers freely admit there can be no military…
Earlier this month,the United Statesofficially brandedChinaa currency manipulator. Trade hawks have long argued thatWashingtonshould call outBeijingfor holding down the value of its currency in order…
Critics worry the BOP is a bid to dismantle the post-1945 international order and replace it with structures under the US president's direct control, with scope stretching well beyond Gaza
From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation
Former Médecins Sans Frontières president Rony Brauman explains to Al Majalla how Israel's war on Gaza has produced unprecedented suffering and exposed the collapse of international law
How a regional and international climate increasingly aligned with Damascus is placing pressure on the Syrian Democratic Forces to prioritise Syrian unity